Re: reading data from ascii files.

[Ron.Simonson]

Andy Buckle wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Claudio Belotti
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 13:17, Siep Kroonenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > Couldn't you just read and count all lines without parsing?
> > or you can call
> > wc -l filename
> > via system() and parse the output
>
> Quote from first email...
>
> "
> PS: Please don't consider calling any linux functions, because i am limited
> to a WinXP as OS. Sorry!
> "

wc and many other unix/linux commands are available for WinXP.
Many are available for immediate download on the web if needed.